Committees

Committee Charge

Human Services Issue Committees
General Charge
All committees have three areas of focus:

Providing broad advocacy on the issue(s)
Providing community awareness on the issue(s)
Increasing or garnering political support for the issue(s)

MH/DD/SAS Continuum of Care Subcommittee: (meets monthly, 12:15 p.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5040)

MH/DD/SAS Continuum of Care Community Update: (meets quarterly, 3rd Tuesday, 12:15 p.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5032)

Create advocacy, awareness, and community and political support for a local inpatient facility as well as ensure there is a partner who allows us to bill for Medicaid. Implement local mental health reform.

Successful Human Services Children: (meets monthly, 1st Wed., rotating basis: either 7:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5032)

Create advocacy, awareness, and community and political support for those changes necessary to ensure educational success among foster children and TANF children.

Community Health/Public Health Issues: (meets 1st Monday, 11:30 a.m., 5109 Holly Ridge Road, Ste. 210)

Create advocacy, awareness, and community and political support for Human Services efforts that work to create a healthier Wake County community.

Regional Networks Development: (meets monthly, 4th Thursday, 10 a.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5040)

Create advocacy, awareness, and community and political support for the need and value of regional networks of care.

Executive Committee: (meets monthly, fluctuating schedule - 2nd or 3rd Tuesday, 8 a.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5032)

Review and study policy and related administrative issues (non-priority issues) that must be acted upon by the Board.
Ensure the progress of Committee workplans.
Conduct the nominating process for new Board members and officers and ensure quality Board representation.

Environmental Services Committee: (meets monthly, 2nd Fri., 11:30 a.m., Library Admin. Bldg., 4020 Carya Drive)

Protect and improve the environment, promote public health by creating an awareness of our relationship to the environment, and creating community and political action.

Consumer and Family Advisory Committee: (meets biweekly, 2nd & 4th Friday, 2 p.m., Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5032)

Provides input and monitors the State's and County's implementation of the MH/DD/SA System Reform.

Affordable Housing: (Fluctuating Schedule, 3:30 p.m., @ The Healing Place, 1251 Goode St.)

Create advocacy, awareness, and community and political support for the need for affordable housing. Analyze and prioritize funding requests by established criteria and develop policies that ensure affordable housing.

Human Rights: (meets monthly, 1st Thurs., noon, Human Services Center-Swinburne, Rm. 5032)

Ensure that the Board is responsive and proactive on human rights issues by:
1. creating among the Board a broader understanding of human rights issues within the Agency;
2. identifying progress and needs in service areas within the Agency; and
3. bringing information to the Board that informs them of the Agency's relationship with consumers.